A rare gold coin dating back 2,200 years was discovered by a combined university research team in Israel, a top Israeli antiquities official said Thursday.
Dr. Donald T. Ariel, head of the Coin Department of the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA), said the coin ranked in the top five of the rarest finds in that country's history.
"Intrinsically, for coin research, it's a very exciting find," Ariel told CNN. "This is an amazing numismatic find. The coin is beautiful and in excellent preservation. It is the heaviest gold coin with the highest contemporary value of any coin ever found in an excavation in Israel."
Full Article: Rare 2,200-year-old gold coin found in Israel - CNN
Rand Refinery Ltd., the world’s largest gold-smelting facility, raised production of Krugerrand coins to a 25-year high as Europe’s sovereign-debt crisis boosted investor demand for bullion.
Output last week jumped 50 percent to 30,000 ounces of blank coins for minting by SA Mint, Debra Thomson, Rand Refinery’s treasurer, said by telephone from Johannesburg today. That was the highest weekly production ...
Full Article: Krugerrand Output Jumps to 25-Year High on European Debt Crisis - Bloomberg
They were parachuted in during the Second World War to fund local resistance to the Germans and now, with a population mired deep in another — if very different — crisis, British gold sovereigns once again are the foreign currency of choice in Greece.
Once again, too, they are offering a tangible sense of security amid turbulent uncertainty. In the 1940s, as the only reliable currency available, much of it was hoarded in trunks, under floorboards and buried in gardens ...
Full Article: Greeks give new meaning to idea of sovereign wealth - Times Online
German auction house Teutoburger-Muenzauktion held an auction last weekend (May 28-29) offering an enormous number of rare gold and silver coins. The coin dated to the Siege of Danzig which we focused on did well.
The double-struck coin's surface depicts two lions holding Danzig's sign on a ball ...
Full Article: €40,000 for a gold coin from two famous collections - Paul Fraser Collectibles
Earlier this month, the Royal Canadian Mint marked spring’s arrival with a strong accent on nature in the launch of exciting new coins designed to appeal to the discerning collector and the budding coin enthusiast alike.
A number of popular series continue in this latest release of 2010, notably: the 1/25 oz. pure gold coin honoring the RCMP; the Birds of Canada 25-cent coin series celebrating the colorful Goldfinch; and the 99.999% pure gold Canadian Floral Emblems series featuring Manitoba’s Prairie Crocus.
Here is a closer look at some unique attributes of each coin ...
Full Article: Canadian Spring Collector Coins - CoinNews
A Winnipeg man has uncovered a cache of old currency stashed in the basement ceiling of his home during a renovation project.
Fred Murray bought a bungalow in the city's Elmwood neighbourhood last spring and recently decided to tackle a basement project... When he encountered trouble feeding an electrical wire through the ceiling, he started to remove the panels ...
Full Article: Treasure trove found in Winnipeg ceiling - CBC News
A collectible coin to commemorate the end of the Vietnam War 35 years ago today has been issued by New Zealand's only precious metal mint.
The coins will be sold around the world along with another collectors' item - an original "safe conduct pass" similar to those airdropped over North Vietnam to entice Viet Cong soldiers to surrender. New Zealand Mint ...
Full Article: Coin minted by NZ to mark end of Vietnam War - TVNZ
Pobjoy Mint is delighted to announce that on Tuesday, April 20, 2010, representatives of the Isle of Man Government and members of the Suzuki GB team, including the famous TT motorcyclist Bruce Anstey, visited the Mint to officially launch a 50 pence coin to commemorate 50 Years of Racing by Suzuki.
The legal tender coin, issued on behalf of the Isle of Man — home of the annual TT races — is released not only to celebrate Suzuki’s 50 years of racing but also in time for the races themselves, which take place every year on the Island, this year starting on the 29th May.
The first coin was struck by Suzuki rider Bruce Anstey, a renowned road-racer who has won the TT seven times ...
Full Article: Isle of Man's Suzuki Racing Commemorative Coins - CoinNews
If you are looking for rare modern coins to collect you might want to look toward Argentina, a South American country where virtually all circulation coinage is rare.
The fact Argentina has a coinage shortage is not news in itself. This has been going on for years. The news is that, as the March 15 Christian Scientist Monitor newspaper reported from Argentina, "people here seem to agree that the situation is getting worse."
The March 16 The New Yorker magazine added ...
Full Article: Modern Coins Rare in Argentina - NumisMaster
